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Affiliate Leadership Programs

Affiliate Programs.The Office of Leadership Programs maintains institution-wide responsibility for management, coordination, and development of all Georgia College leadership programs and initiatives. The Leadership Programs staff works collaboratively with members of GC's faculty and staff, providing resources, support, and advocacy for leadership-development opportunities at Georgia College. In addition to Georgia College's core leadership programs, which are directed and administered by the Office of Leadership Programs, the Leadership Faculty Advisory Committee invites collaborations with other courses and student programs at the university for designation as Georgia College leadership programs (internally as "affiliate leadership programs").

Proposals for Affiliation. Proposals for certification as an affiliate leadership program should be initiated by the faculty or staff member who oversees and administers the course or program. Such programs should engage with leadership-related topics, broadly conceived, including mentorship, civic engagement, social justice and inclusion, strategic thought, and global citizenship; and have a goal of developing students as citizens and leaders for the public good.

Office of Leadership Programs Responsibilities. In that process, the Office of Leadership Programs will:

  • Offer consulting and collaboration to university programs, courses, and initiatives interested in leadership development.

  • Support faculty and staff members drafting certification proposals, helping them to identify measurable outcomes that can be documented and reported for assessment and accreditation purposes.

  • Support faculty and staff members, helping them to integrate LEAP High-Impact Education Practices into leadership-development opportunities.

  • Evaluate proposals from university programs and courses seeking certification.

  • Coordinate with the Offices of Institutional Effectiveness and the Registrar to tag approved leadership courses and experiences in students' academic records.

Affiliate Program Responsibilities. The Affiliate Program maintains the following responsibilities and requirements.

  • Affiliate Program will designate a course or program sponsor of record who will serve as the point-of-contact for the Office of Leadership Programs. Certification as an affiliate leadership program is tied to the instructor or program sponsor of record.

  • Students' activities in the program should adhere to a defined scope of work, determined in advance and accounting for how the program integrates each of Georgia College's core leadership competencies into the students' learning experience.

  • Affiliate Program will support the Office of Leadership Programs' commitment to Leadership for the Public Good.

  • Affiliate Programs that are academic and/or course-based must designate a course or program sponsor of record who meets SACSCOC accreditation requirements necessary for instructional responsibilities, as stated in SACSCOC accrediting standard 3.7.1 (2012 edition).

  • Affiliate Programs that are extra-curricular (i.e., non-course based) will not claim or in any represent their program as offering a degree, diploma, certificate, certification, or other academic or professional credential.

  • Affiliate Program agrees to be identified as such and to have its name and/or logo or other institutional mark displayed on the Office of Leadership Programs website and in other publications.

Certification of Affiliation Proposals. Proposals for certification will address the following criteria:

  • Proposals should detail the terms of satisfactory and unsatisfactory completion of the experience.

  • Proposals should account for how the program integrates each of Georgia College's core leadership competencies into the students' learning experience.

  • Proposals should provide for artifacts of students' experience, which can be documented and evaluated in an electronic portfolio.

  • Classes and programs should provide for at least two one-on-one leadership development consultations between each student and a member of the Leadership Programs staff or a program partner.

Such proposals are received and evaluated by the Office of Leadership Programs. The director of leadership programs will offer a recommendation to the Leadership Faculty Advisory Committee, which will determine if the program meets institutional requirements for designation as an affiliate leadership program. The committee evaluates proposals according to its "Course and Program Evaluation Rubric," published online at gcsu.edu/leadership/affiliate.